The pirates entrenched in the South China Sea are notorious, and both families and coastal fishermen will feel a headache when they see their boats.

Among them, the big leader Sun Zhien, who is brave and strategic, calls himself the King of Jinghai.

The second leader, Jiang Tai, is strong in martial arts and calls himself the King of Pinghai.

More than ten years ago, Sun Zhien's father was the county guard of Wu County, and later the Donghu people attacked Wu County, Sun Zhien fled to the sea, gathered his life at sea, and wanted revenge.

To this day, although Donghu has never been fought at all, there are 20,000 men and horses under his command, and nearly 100 large and small ships.

Sun Zhien took the golden bell in his hand, licked his tongue, and moistened his lips:

"How many boats?"

"Twenty-two, two large merchant ships, fifteen medium-sized merchant ships, and the rest are small ships, and the draft is not deep."

Sun Zhien's eyes lit up, and his face showed greed:

"Whose ship? Under whose banner? ”

Although he was already thinking about how much he could earn from this one, he still had to ask clearly.

To be able to become a big pirate entrenched in the South China Sea, he naturally has a bit of wisdom.

Rob, but not indiscriminately.

For example, the Chen family that was robbed before, although the Yingchuan Chen family is famous, it is not a family that relies on sea trade for a living, and most of the industries in the clan are inland, and there is little power on the sea.

The Donghu people will not send troops to suppress the bandits because of this loss of the Chen family.

But if it was the caravan of the Yang clan of Wu County, even Sun Zhien could not afford to offend.

The Yang clan of Wujun is close to the sea, has private soldiers, and has a certain ability to suppress bandits, so he will directly pretend not to see it.

Under the banner of "Han", it seems to ..... It seems to be a merchant ship of the Great Han? It doesn't look lifeless, like a stunned green man going to sea. ”

The pirate boy was a little unsure.

After all, it has been more than ten years, and I haven't seen the merchant ships of the Han court on the sea.

Even the caravan hanging the banner of the Han Dynasty could not be seen.

Since the annihilation of the entire naval division that year, on the sea, the banner of the Han Dynasty is not as effective as the name of the clan of the coastal states and counties.

"The merchant ships of the Great Han?"

Sun Zhien frowned:

"This is interesting, quickly summon the second child to come to the meeting."

Jiang Tai is different from the black short Sun Zhien, he is tall and extremely powerful, and he has a scar on his face, which looks like a macho man.

The two converged, and before Sun Zhien could speak, Jiang Tai said:

"Big brother, this fleet is a ship of the imperial court, and it is full of officers and soldiers."

Sun Zhien didn't dare to draw conclusions:

"How can you be sure it's an officer?"

Jiang Tai said with a glance:

"Those on merchant ships, inattentive and absent-minded, are clearly not professional sailors."

"And I have been looking around, very vigilant, that is the officers and soldiers."

Sun Zhien was puzzled:

"If the Han wants to fight against Donghu, do you still have the strength to go to sea? Could it be that he went to Yizhou to ask for help? ”

Jiang Tai nodded:

"The people on the ship don't seem to be very suitable for living at sea, they should be temporary people, most of them are going to Yizhou for help, big brother, what should we do now?"

Sun Zhien gently shook the chart in his hand, and Jiang Tai and his younger brothers waited quietly for the order.

Instead of making a decision, he continued to ask:

"The ship of the Han army, is it within our reach?"

Jiang Tai shook his head: "It's not within our reach...... It doesn't seem that the route will pass through the island, and if you want to get closer, you can only choose to be at sea. ”

Sun Zhien drew a circle with his fingertips on the chart:

"There are twenty-two ships in total, two large ships, and the rest are small and medium-sized ships."

"Under the banner of the Han Dynasty, carrying officials and soldiers, the draft is shallow, obviously not for maritime trade, I'm afraid there is no cargo on board, it's all Han army."

"Excluding supplies, there are at least five thousand people, and if there is a battle at sea, the ship's deck is narrow, and we will not be able to give full play to our numerical advantage."

"And the Han army has armor, sharp weapons, one-on-one, we have no advantage."

When encountering ordinary caravans, even if it is a big family or a bloodthirsty and brave pirate, it is all advantageous.

But in the face of the official army, their advantage was gone.

Jiang Tai was a little disappointed:

"Then let them pass?"

"But since it's not a merchant ship, I'm afraid that I won't be able to squeeze any oil and water, and I will fight rashly, increasing casualties, and I'm afraid that my eldest brother's reputation will not sound good."

"Bad reputation?"

Sun Zhien narrowed his eyes: "It doesn't matter what Lao Tzu said in the East China Sea, but in this boy, don't talk about the ship of the Han Dynasty and the boat of Donghu, Lao Tzu will rob it like that!" ”

"Fighting at sea is unfavorable, but that doesn't mean we can't do something."

Jiang Tai said eagerly: "Then what should I do?" ”

Sun Zhien suddenly raised his voice:

"It's very simple, the second one, you take fifty boats, go and surround them, thirty boats will fight on the side, and twenty boats will respond, and drive the Han army to our route, remember not to show up."

"I'll take care of the rest."

A man with thick eyebrows in the crowd wondered:

"Why do you have to rob the Han army's ship? Since there is no cargo, then it is pointless for us to rob it! ”

"And it will only be at odds with the Han court, although Donghu is eyeing the tiger, but the Han Dynasty has now occupied Qiongzhou, as long as it can't advance north to Gaozhou, the Han army will take the sea route sooner or later."

"That's a mortal enemy!"

Sun Zhien slashed the big knife to the ground and made a snort:

"You are still afraid of officials, can't officials rob you?"

"Lao Tzu's father, who has been dead for more than ten years, is still the guard of the Han Dynasty, and he robs it the same!"

"The weapons and armor of the Han army, isn't it a benefit?!"

"The general who tied up the Han asked the court for ransom, if it was ?!! money"

"Short-sighted, you keep Lao Tzu on the island well."

Thick eyebrows snorted, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

"That's right, let's work together."

Seeing this, Sun Zhien smiled, and there was a touch of fierceness in his eyes.

"Let's go, do a good job of this ticket, and you won't have to worry about it in the next life!"

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Sunlight shines through the clouds and falls on the sea.

Liu Ke stood on the bow of the boat, the boat swayed up and down, but he was as steady as Mount Tai, no different from on land.

On the contrary, he enjoyed the shaking of the boat, and the oncoming sea breeze, with a slight fishy smell, made every cell beat.

"I was really lucky to go to sea this time, there was a north wind, but I didn't see any storms and thunderstorms, I really have a destiny."

The destiny of [One Piece] can allow Liu Ke to have a certain basic judgment on the situation at sea, and take measures to avoid danger in different situations, so he has the courage to directly take the soldiers who have not been trained by the sailor to go to sea directly.

"If you teach it slowly, I'm afraid it will take a few days."

Liu Ke was quite satisfied with the learning progress of the soldiers, and now they have a good appearance, and they were thrown directly into the sea, squeezing their learning ability to the greatest extent.

Discerning directions, sailing, and sailing all require experience, not just learning.

But if you don't go to sea, you can't accumulate experience, and you will only make progress after you start trying.

He knew what kind of ships pirates liked to rob, so he directly did the opposite, specifically camouflaging merchant ships.

To the pirates, they were like a man without food or water, or a sailor who was sick and lifeless, and who had strayed from his course, and who had been slaughtered as a fat sheep.

Although the progress of the voyage was a little slower, it really attracted a lot of small groups of pirates, and each wave of pirates made the Han army brush up on the experience of water warfare.

Today, the broadside battle has been fought in a decent manner, the level of ship operation has also improved a lot, and it has also saved a lot of fresh water and grain for Xiao Yuanchang.

"When I returned to port, the ship was fully loaded, the army went to sea, the logistics did nothing, and I made a fortune to fill the treasury.

In the midst of the rough waves, the boat shook sharply twice, and the Dianchu who was guarding Liu Ke's side stumbled and almost fell into the sea.

Liu Ke's body was still as stable as ever, and he asked with a smile:

"Adian, I don't need to send someone to the sea to catch you this time, right?"

Dian Chu had a straight face, he thought it was nothing before he went to sea, but he didn't expect to vomit as soon as he got on the boat.

That is, I have killed a lot of pirates in the past two days, and somehow I got used to it, and it was normal to slow down.

In contrast, he has never understood why the emperor can walk on the ground even if he has never been to sea.

Liu Ke looked at Dian Chu's expression, and felt quite proud, 103's force was also like this at sea, he felt that even if he didn't use the chessboard, he could fight with Dian Chu for a few rounds.

"Your Majesty, it's windy and rough outside, so let's go back to the cabin and rest."

Chen Fujia walked out of the cabin, with a white face, his eyes were scattered, and his famous bearing had long since disappeared, and he was quite weak.

He really didn't understand why the emperor went to sea to suppress bandits, and he was not used to life at sea, so he couldn't do anything except play the flag.

Could it be that the emperor really wanted him to see the fall of the pirates with his own eyes and let the Chen clan breathe a bad breath?

Anyway, Chen Fujia didn't feel much evil, but felt a burst of malice.

However, it is true that a lot of pirates have been slaughtered these days, and I don't know why, that group of pirates looked at the merchant ships of the Han Dynasty, and they came up like flies seeing meat, and the Chen caravan traveled to and from the South China Sea four or five times, but they may not be able to meet so many pirates.

Liu Ke laughed:

"Aiqing, General Dian is used to it a lot now, if you keep avoiding it, you won't be able to get over this hurdle."

"Where is this, you really haven't seen it when the sea is windy, what is this?"

Chen Fujia nodded helplessly, slandering in his heart, could it be that when there was a strong wind and waves, you, an emperor who had never been to sea, had you seen it?

"Thank you, Your Majesty, just stay on deck for a while, and get used to the waves of the sea."

As he was talking, a dense drum beat came from the merchant ship in front of him, and he looked very anxious.

Liu Ke's expression changed, and he met the enemy.

"Adian, go beat the drum and prepare to meet the enemy."

Soon, continuous drums were played on the sea, and the whole army was on alert.

Liu Ke immediately made a decision and let Chen Fujia play the banner:

"Order, all ships move closer to my flagship, stay in formation!"

After more than ten days of experience, the Han army has become handy, and they have moved closer to the direction of the flagship, waiting for further instructions.

Liu Ke looked at the ships in the distance, and saw that there were about thirty ships, which was not small.

He thought that after brushing so many little pirates, it was time for the soldiers to fight against him, and directly ordered:

"Raise the full sails, use the wind, and pull the boat over!"